Carpet-gleansng reel



(No Model.)

S. J MILLER.

CARPET CLEANING REEL.

No. 356,951. Patented Feb 1, 1887.

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ilni'rn *rn'rns SAMUEL J. MILLER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CARPET=CLEANING REEL...

sPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,951, dated February1., 1887. Q

Application filed June 21, 1886.

$0 @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, county of Hennepin,and State of Min- 5 nesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-CleaningReels, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to an improvement in carpetcleancrsq and itconsists in certain peculiarities of the construction and operation ofthe same, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionnppertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a transversesection, of a carpetclenning reel embodying my invention.

A represents a reel, such as ordinarily used in carpetmleaning machines,composed of heads a a and longitudinal slatted sides a, and has n hingeddoor, a for the convenient insertion of the carpet, as usual. Within thereel, at each alternate corner, is secured a lifter, B, composed oflongitudinal bars b,

Serial No. 205,766. (No model.)

secured at each end to crosspieces b, which are bolted through the headof the reel, as shown. Three cross-bars, b, are secured to the bars I)at suitable intervals, and the ends of these are turned down to formbolts, which. pass through the corner of the reel and are secured bynuts 0 upon the outer side. This forms a. very strong wing or lifter,which catches and lifts the carpet as the reel revolves and drops itagain from the top, completely cleaning it of dirt in a short time, andis not liable to injure the carpet in any way.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the angular slatted reel A, of the lifting-wings Bat each alternate corner, composed of the bars 21, secured at their endsto pieces 6, bolted through the heads of the reel, and having cross-barsb the ends of which are reduced to form bolts,which pass through thecorner and are secured by nuts 0 on the outside,substantially as setforth.

SAMUEL J. MILLER.

Witnesses:

J. F. Wrrrmnson, H. E. LADD.

